Clothespin rack and container



J. J. SPISSELL CLOTHESPIN RACK AND CONTAINER Filed Jan. 27, 1950 April14, 1952.

Attorney Patented Apr. 14, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESPINRACK AND CONTAINER John J. Spissell, Elmont, N. Y.

Application January 27, 1950, Serial No. 140,876

2 Claims. (Cl. 312-280) This invention relates to a novel constructionof clothes pin supporting rack and container for use when hanginglaundry on a line or in removing laundry therefrom and which may bedemountably supported in a convenient position on the clothesline or ona clothesline supporting pulley.

More particularly, it is an aim of the present invention to provide astructure having a rack portion upon which clothes pins may bepositioned to enable them to be conveniently removed for use withoutrequiring the user to reach into a receptacle to extract a clothes pintherefrom, and which structure is embodied as a part of a receptacleinto which the clothes pins may be thrown after being removed from aclothesline and before. being replaced upon the clothes pin supportingrack structure for reuse.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a clothes pin rackand holder which will reduce the labor involved in securing laundry on aclothesline and which will afford a convenient means for holding clothespins while not in use and preparatory to being used.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafterbecome more fully apparent from the following description of thedrawing, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, andwherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view thereof, and

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along a planeas indicated by the line 33 of Figure 2 and showing the bale or handlein an inoperative osition.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the clothes pin holder orclothes pin rack and container, comprising the invention, is designatedgenerally 5 and includes an opened top container or receptacle 6preferably having a substantially flat bottom I and an upstandincylindrical side wall 8. The container 6 has an annular flange 9 whichextends outwardly and upwardly from the periphery of the bottom 'I andfrom the lower edges of the side wall 8 and which preferably forms anintegral part thereof. The annular flange 9 extends upwardly indiverging relationship to the receptacle wall 8. A relatively wideannular band or ring I 0 is disposed around and spaced outwardly fromthe upper portion of the side wall 8 and has its bottom edge disposedsubstantially above the top edge of the flange 9. The ring I0 issupported concentrically to the container wall 8 by a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced supporting arms I I which are pref- 2 erablyformed integral therewith and with the flange 9 and receptacle wall 8.Each supporting arm II is joined intermediate of its endswith a vportion of th ring I0, adjacent the bottom edge of said ring and has asubstantially straight depending lower end which joins with a portion ofthe upper edge of the flange 9. The upper end I2 of each supporting armII is curved inwardly from the ring I0 and joins with a portion of thereceptacle wall 8.

Iv The clothes pin holder 5 includes two double headed rivets [3 each ofwhich extends between the container wall 8 and a portion of the ring I0and is anchored to the wall and ring by its headed ends engaging theremote sides of the wall and ring. The two rivets I3 are arranged indiametrical alignment and each rivet provides a journal for a sleeve I4, which is disposed between the ring I0 and wall 8. The sleeves I4 areformed on the ends of a substantially semi-circular bale I5. A hook I6projects outwardly from the intermediate portion of the bale I5 and hasa restricted shank end I! which is swivelly mounted in an openin I8 ofthe bale I5.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that a number of clothespins I9, of a conventional construction, may be mounted around the upperportion of the wall 8, which forms one rack portion, another series ofclothes pins I9 may be mounted, likewise in an upright position aroundthe ring I0 and a third series of clothes pins may be mounted in aninclined position around the annular flange 9 and in upwardly andoutwardly diverging relationship with respect to the container wall 8.The wall 8, ring I0 and flange 9 are of suflicient thickness tofrictionally engage in the slots of the clothes pins I9 to retain theclothes pins on said rack portions and against casual disengagementtherefrom. Accordingly, three rings of clothes pins I9 may be mounted onthe holder 5 after which the holder may be carried to a clothesline andsuspended detachably thereon or on a pulley thereof, not shown, byengagement of the hook I6 therewith so that the clothes pins I9 mountedon the rack portions 8, 9 and I0 will be conveniently located to beindividually detached from the holder 5 as they are required for use. Inremoving the clothes pins I9 from a clothesline they may be dropped intothe receptacle 6 to avoid delay and therafter replaced upon the rackportions 8. 9 and I0 before it is desired to use them again.

The clothes pin holder 5 may be formed of any suitable material,preferably being molded from a plastic. As illustrated in Figure 3, thebale or handle I5, by which the holder 5 is normally carried, is 01 asize so that it may be swung downwardly between the wall 8 and ring Iand disposed with the hooks l6 engaging over the ring l0, as illustratedin Figure 3, when the holder is not in use.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously beresorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventionas hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A clothes pin holder comprising an open top receptacle for clothespins having a cylindrical side wall extending from top to bottom of thereceptacle, a relatively wide annular band disposed,

concentrically around and spaced from the upper portion of thereceptacle side Wall, supporting arms connected to and extending betwenthe receptacle wall and annular band and supporting the annular band onthe receptacle and above the bottom thereof, said annular band and theupper portion of the cylindrical wall forming rack portions forsupporting two rings of clothes pins in substantially upright positions,and an annular flange extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottomportion of said receptacle and disposed in upwardly divergingrelationship to its cylindrical side wall to form an additional clothespin engaging rack, the upper edge of said annular flange being disposedbeneath and spaced from the bottom edge of the annular band.

2. A clothes pin holder comprising an open top 4 receptacle for clothespins having a cylindrical side wall extending from top to bottom of thereceptacle, a relatively wide annular band disposed concentricallyaround and spaced from the upper portion of the receptacle side wall,supporting arms connected to and extending between the receptacle Walland annular band and supporting the annular band on the receptacle andabove the bottom thereof, said annular band and the upper portion of thecylindrical wall forming rack portions for supporting two rings ofclothes pins in substantially upright positions, and an annular flangeextending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom portion of saidreceptacle and disposed in upwardly diverging relationship to itscylindrical side wall to form an additional clothes pin engagin rack,said supporting arms having depending extensions connected to the upperedge of saidflange, said flange being disposed below and spaced from thebottom edge of the annular band.

JOHN J. SPISSELL.

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